EnergyWire headlines — Wednesday, January 30, 2013 — 8:23 AM

SPOTLIGHT

Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s embattled co-founder and CEO Aubrey McClendon has announced he will retire this spring. He will officially step down April 1 and will continue to serve as CEO until his successor is selected, the Oklahoma City-based gas firm announced yesterday.

Russia's oil and gas pipelines may bend before they break as the ground beneath them shrinks. Climate change is thawing much of the country's permafrost, which holds up vital oil and gas networks in the upper reaches of West Siberia and in other northern locales.